I am the ghost of groovymother.com. Woooooo!

It only exists in an attempt
to prevent linkrot. No new content will be added to this site, and links and images are liable to be broken. Check out begbie.com
to find where I'm posting stuff these days.

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“The path to a more perfect union […] requires all Americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams; that investing in the health, welfare, and education of black and brown and white children will ultimately help all of America prosper.”

Where wall-warts go to die

A veritable rat king of power supplies and assorted other cables. Since I haven't needed any of these since we last moved house, I threw them in the trashbag without further investigation. Hope there wasn't anything too valuable in there.

“MP3 Is Not a Crime”

Whadyaknow... The new Squeezebox Receiver is exactly the right size to be covered with one of the old stickers that you used to get with Squeezeboxes before the Logitech buyout, when Slim Devices gave a cut to the EFF.